Galamsey Fight: Government to repeal of LI 2462 in renewed measures - Paa Kwesi Schandorf The Media Relations Officer at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has hinted a possible repeal of LI 2462 as part of government's renewed fight against illegal mining.
According to him, there has been a 'crunch Cabinet meeting' on the controversial legislative instrument which many critics say should be completely abolished.
Speaking on Newsfile on Saturday, August 16, he said, "I could say authoritatively now here is that there's a renewed conversation on L1 2462, and in the not too distant future there would be an appropriate communication in that particular respect where the repeal is concerned. "That conversation has been had, indeed there was a crunch Cabinet meeting that exhausted that possibility and so the final outcome will be communicated very soon".
The comments by Paa Kwesi Schandorf comes in the wake of the mounting pressure on government to take stronger steps in fight galamsey, following the tragic helicopter clash the claimed eight lives near Obuasi on August 6.
